Turkish Neurosurgery 2006 , Vol 16 , Num 4
Spinal Hemangioblastoma Located in the Conus Medullaris: Case Report
Cem DİNÇ1, A. Celal İPLİKÇİOĞLU2, Deniz ÖZCAN3, Mustafa ERDAL4, Kerem BIKMAZ5, Erdinç ÖZEK6
1,2,4,5,6Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Although hemangioblastomas may be seen in various locations of the central nervous system (CNS), intradural-extramedullary spinal hemangioblastomas are extremely rare. Hemangioblastomas are histologically benign lesions. They may cause important neurological deficits and may bleed during the operation. In our case, the tumour was located extramedullary at the conus medullaris level. In this report, we discuss spinal hemangioblastomas with this special localization. Keywords : Conus medullaris, Hemangioblastoma, Intraduralextramedullary
Corresponding author : Erdinç Özek, erdincozek@gmail.com